| By: Sarah Shapiro
Starting at: $13.99
Sarah Shapiro is a welcome new addition to Shaar Press’ list of authors. There are many words to describe her writing: literature of the highest order, refreshing, intriguing, insightful, moving, funny, touching. We could go on — but the only way to truly appreciate her is to read her.
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| By: Bassi Gruen
Starting at: $13.99
Few experiences are more beloved than motherhood, yet the role can be very lonely. There are no headlines applauding the accomplishment of getting all the kids to bed. No one sees the gargantuan effort it takes to seal the lips when all you really want to do is snap. Mothers battle monotony and... Read More
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| By: Marsi Tabak
Price: $25.99 $23.39 ISBN: 0873064887
Rabbi Akiva's devoted wife is the heroine of this historical, fully annotated novel, based on Talmudic sources. Read More
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| By: Yaffa Leba Gottlieb, Rivka Zakutinsky
Price: $24.00 $21.99 ISBN: 9780684872742
Just as Amy Tan illuminated the lives of Chinese-American women in her
bestseller "The Joy Luck Club, " Zakutinsky and Gottlieb show the inner
workings of Hasidism in this intimate visit with a group of
ultra-orthodox women in Brooklyn.
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| By: Pearl Benisch
Price: $27.99 $25.19 ISBN: 1583305769
This is the fascinating story of Sarah Schenirer, legendary founder of
the Bais Yaakov movement, as told through the eyes of one of her
students. In this beautifully written account, the author paints a
portrait of Frau Schenirer--inspiring, poignant, and breath-taking.
This book will impact... Read More
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| By: Ruchama King Feuerman
Price: $24.95 $17.46 ISBN: 9781932443936
"Good writing is delicious. Ruchama Feuerman has served up a
succulent selection of stories, each with its own flavor, some sweet,
some tangy, each one satisfying!"
--Sara Yoheved Rigler, author of Holy Woman and Lights from Jerusalem
"... well-crafted tales that reflect the richness,... Read More
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| By: Chaya Hager
Price: $22.95 $16.07 ISBN: 1931681686
An incredible story by an
incredible person! Follow the author on a spiritual and physical
odyssey from her youth in beautiful Bogota, Colombia, thru marriage and
child-rearing in Madrid, Spain, to her ultimate destination of
Jerusalem the Holy City. A refreshing and uplifting read for Jews... Read More
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| By: Elinor and Robert Slater
Price: $28.95 ISBN: 9780824603700
From the biblical Deborah to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, the individuals profiled in this volume are the authors'
considered choice for Jewish women who have had the greatest impact on
their respective fields.
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| By: Miriam P. Feinberg, Miriam Klein Shapiro
Price: $18.95 $13.27 ISBN: 1932687785
The lives of biblical Jewish leaders like Queen Esther
and the Prophetess Deborah as well as modern unique personalities
like Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Prime Minister
Golda Meir are succinctly depicted.
At the end of each biography is a section that presents
ideas and... Read More
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Price: $19.99 $17.99 ISBN: 1568712588
Everyone has a story. In Heartbeats I: Jewish Writers at Their Best, we see more than a story. We see great Jewish writers telling great
stories that touch the heart and soul of everyone who reads them.
Elegant prose, touching poetry, engaging humor, and heart-wrenching
accounts of real life... Read More
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| By: Yitzhak Buxbaum
Price: $19.95 $18.99 ISBN: 9780787962715
What is a "holy woman," or a holy man for that matter? According to the
Jewish mystics, a holy person is someone who has not lost the holiness
that every baby is born with. A holy person is someone who fulfills it.
Stories about Jewish holy women have rarely been collected in such an
engaging... Read More
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| By: Sara Schwartzman
Price: $26.95 $18.86
A
classical book that'll keep you occupied until the very end. Happy
moments, sad situations, comical events… all get tied together in this
book by Sara Schwartzman.
What is the common denominator between Miri's mother and Binyamin, the Yeshiva Jokester? Between a car accident to surprising... Read More
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| By: Tzippi Caton
Starting at: $13.99
"11th grade was so not a picnic."
For 16-year-old Tzipi Caton, eleventh grade meant tests, friends, homework, and play tryouts. Then, suddenly, it meant cancer.
"I was the girl who loved everything about being a girl... My days as a JAP seemed to be changing into my days as a JACP. A Jewish... Read More
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| By: Yitta Halberstam, Judith Leventhal
Price: $12.95 $11.99 ISBN: 9781598698428
This new collection of 60 stories, written to touch the hearts of women
of all generations, continues the tradition of "Small Miracles" in
demonstrating that coincidences are more than just random
happenings--they're divine messages waiting to be intercepted by open
hearts... Read More
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| By: Sarah Goldstein
Price: $20.99 $18.89 ISBN: 1568713118
Thousands of women give birth every day, and yet no two births are
alike. In this special book, women describe their beautiful birth
experiences, imparting their personal joy and warmth for us to share
in. The uplifting tone of the book, as well as the courage,... Read More
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| By: Avraham Schwartzbaum
Price: $24.99 $22.49 ISBN: 0873064593
Adopting a Chinese baby leads an American professor and his wife to the
discovery of their own Jewish heritage. An absorbing, true story to
read and re-read. . Read More
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| By: Debby Flancbaum
Price: $22.00 $15.40 ISBN: 9789657108956
The Jewish Woman Next Door: Repairing the World One Step at a Time is a collection
of absorbing essays about contemporary Jewish women – some known throughout the
world, others known only in their own communities – who engage in extraordinary acts
of kindness.
Although the women featured in... Read More
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| By: Gluckel of Hamelin
Price: $15.00 $13.99 ISBN: 9780805205725
Begun in 1690, this diary of a forty-four-year-old German Jewish widow, mother
of fourteen children, tells how she guided the financial and personal destinies
of her children, how she engaged in trade, ran her own factory, and promoted the
welfare of her large family. Her memoir, a rare... Read More
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| By: Malka Adler, Yona T. Yacobowicz
Price: $21.99 $19.79 ISBN: 1568713282
An amazing book that will inspire every reader! Meet Yona Yacobowicz,
an exceptional woman with an exceptional life story. Despite her
struggles with a debilitating physical illness, she founded Tofa'ah,
the Jewish world's first women's band. After years of hoping for a
child, her baby,... Read More
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| By: Malia Panzer
Starting at: $11.89
Malia Panzer, a young, vibrant wife and mother,
never thought of herself as an especially brave person. Great spiritual
might and physical fortitude belong to heroes, she believed, not to the
ordinary person. But when Malia was told that she faced leukemia, the
challenge evoked a strength she... Read More
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